Posted by SENC on 07/12/14 - 6:06 AM
#2
Here are my thoughts - sure you'll get more. I'm a recent 17' purchaser, too (1991 LES), though I grew up in a 17' montauk.
1 - many leave the battery in the back, but those that move typically put them under the console. The primary advantages are moving a bit of weight forward and center and reclaiming that floor space. The disadvantage is some rewiring through the tunnel as well as space to work under the console. Moving it, in my opinion, is a nice to do and far from a must do.
2 - The drain holes in the motor well should always be open (no plugs). The plug in the anchor well up front can be in or out underway - but I always leave mine out so that any water that comes in over the boat and or the well captures water during a rain storm it will drain. I assume (pics would help) that this relates to your #8 question and that the bilge pump is in the bilge (end of the tunnel/raceway from beneath the console to the back of the boat, and the lowest most rearward point) and empties into the motor well. As long as the holes in the motor well are unobstructed, bilge discharge will evac the boat through the drain holes.
3 - I don't know that I've seen trim tabs on a 17' whaler, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. If you check around with some of the boat salvage yards, you may be able to find an old motor with a working trim system that you can use.
4 - Several solutions here depending on how bad it is - if otherwise stable and just two screws, you might get away with just some 4200 in them. A larger diameter screw is also a possible, though inelegant, solution. The preferred (I think) is to drill them out and plug them with some epoxy and hard dowel, then redrill for the proper screws.
5 - Just a guess without pics, but I'd assume those were mounting screws for cooler chocks or for some seating.
6 - I'll let others tackle this since I don't have that cooler. I use a yeti 50, and it doesn't move at all with the rubberized feet.
7 - Not sure - tried goo-gone?
8 - see #2 above - post pics if I've misinterpreted.
I'm sure you'll get other input.
parobellum wrote:
Sorry to flood messages, I should have combined this with my bimini question, but here goes - I am coming from much larger boats so this is really my first sub 30 ft boat:
1. Where is the preferred battery position, under the console? Currently it just sits in the back of the boat. Very odd.
2. underway, should I have any of the drain plugs out?
3. My motor (a johnson 70) is running great with good compression, but there is no trim/tilt. Should I be thinking about correcting this through trim tabs or an aftermarket trim/tilt?
4. The screws on the rail brackets have pulled out in two spots. I suspect I can search and find the solution.
5. In front of the console (fore), there are six screws in the flooring, three port, three starboard near the edge of the no skid area (triangular area) - what were these for?
6. Preferred cooler tie down for a 94 igloo?
7. The console has this goofy black plastic/vinyl sheet glued to it, around the steering and controls etc. There is a glue residue when I scrape i toff - any suggestions on removal products?
8. It has a bilge pump in the small opening where the fuel etc lines enter from the stern - is this normal? It seems to simply pump right back to the opening.
Thanks a lot